ArticlePloS one2018
Predicting return to work after acute myocardial infarction: Socio-occupational factors overcome clinical conditions.
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- Factors associated with return to work after acute myocardial infarction: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Pooled it
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- Community Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: Lessons Learned for Long-Term Outcomes.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of factors influencing return to work in STEMI patients: A case-control study.Medicine · 2025Article
- Predictors of work inability after acute myocardial infarction in Switzerland.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Predicting Return to Work Following Myocardial Infarction: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesReturn to work after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a leading cause of death globally, is a multidimensional process influenced by clinical, psychological, social and occupational factors, the single impact of which, however, is still not well defined. The objective of this study was to investigate these 4 factors on return to work (RTW) within 365 days after AMI in a homogeneous cohort of patients who had undergone an urgent coronary angioplasty.
participantsWe studied 102 patients, in employment at the time of AMI (88.24% of men), admitted to the Department of Cardiology of the University-Hospital of Ferrara between March 2015 to December 2016. Demographical and clinical characteristics were obtained from the cardiological records. After completing an interview on social and occupational variables and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HADS) questionnaire, patients underwent exercise capacity measurement and spirometry.
resultsOf the 102 patients, only 12 (12.76%) held a university degree, 68.63% were employees and 31.37% self-employed. The median number of sick-leave days was 44 (IQR 33-88). At day 30, 78.5% of all subjects had not returned to work, at day 60, 40.8% and at day 365 only 7.3% had not resumed working. At univariate analyses, educational degree (p = 0.026), self-employment status (p = 0.0005), white collar professional category (p = 0.020) and HADS depression score were significant for earlier return to work. The multivariate analysis confirms that having a university degree, being self-employed and presenting a lower value of HADS depression score increase the probability of a quicker return to work.
conclusionsThese findings suggest that the strongest predictors of returning to work within 1 year after discharge for an acute myocardial infarction are related more to socio-occupational than to clinical parameters.
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